Philosophy and Medicine in the Renaissance Period

Pythagoras and euclid hold the whole thing together. Despite all this enthusiasm for mathematics, that discipline did not have the most secure of footings in renaissance institutions. Comedino himself trained originally in medicine, but switched fields when he saw how doctors failed to save his family members. Alberti emphasized that a well designed building promotes health by giving ample spaces for taking walks as exercise. And ficino called pythagoras an expert in both medicine and music on the grounds that music can be use therapeutically to maintain and restore health.